Bedstead attachment.



No. 881,018. PATENTE-D MAR. 3,1908,

W. T. MOTT.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17,1907.

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I/I/ITNESSES: INVENTO/e B Y m' ziorneyd- WALTER T. MOTT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

Application filed May 17, 1907.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 3, 1908.

Serial No. 374,236.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER T. MoTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedstead Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved attachment or bracket for bedsteads, for the purpose of holding a valance or curtain around the bottom of the bedstead, particularly metallic bedsteads. The device is also adapted for use to hold a rod at the head of the bed for supporting pillow shams or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved device of the kind, which can be readily attached or detached to metal beds of various kinds. j

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bed provided with the device. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

The attachment or bracket consists of two members, and the body 6 of one and the body 9 of the other, being substantially semi-circular in shape to form a cli which will encircle the leg or post of a be The member 6 has at one end a tongue 12 which is bent to engage or hook through an opening 23 in a flange 11 projecting from the corresponding ends of the member 9. At the opposite end, said members have fianges 14 which are drawn together or toward each other by means of a bolt 7, and these flanges have registering notches 8 in the top or upper edge thereof. The member 9 also has a flange 15 projecting from the middle thereof, at a right angle to the flange 14, and this flange 15 has a hole 10 therein. rlhe members are lined with felt or elastic pieces 20 to avoid marring the bed-post.

In use, a set of the brackets so formed are attached to the bed-posts, with theflanges 14 and 15 projecting at a right angle to the sides and ends of the two, respectively. Rods 13 are then set or engaged in the notches S and holes 10 of the flanges, and extend along the sides and ends of the bed, and the Valances 17 are hung upon said rods, conveniently by means of a casing or hem at the top. The rods may be quickly removed, with the valances, when desired. For use as a sham holder, a pair of attachments are secured to the head posts, above the pillows, and will in such position support a rod extending across between the posts and having shams attached thereto in any suitable manner.

I claim:

A bedstead attachment comprising a clamp formed of two members and adapted to embrace a bed-post, one member having a vertical flange at one end and the other member having vertical flanges at the end and the middle, the middle flange having an opening to receive the ends of a rod, and a clamping bolt connecting the end flanges of the members, said end flanges having registering notches to receive the end of a rod.

In testimony whereof I do affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

l/VALTER T. MOTT.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, EDITH D. COMER. 

